woeful
Pronunciation: /ˈwəʊfəl/
The English word “woeful” has 4 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
- Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
- Lamentable, deplorable.
- Wretched; paltry; poor.
Etymology
From Middle English woful, waful, equivalent to woe + -ful. Compare Old English wālīċ (“woeful”), Old English tēonful (“woeful”).
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